That's a surprise, never heard of it before. This is for sure though - regardless of how generic it most likely will be, it looks bloody awesome beyond words. I'd even get myself a 360 again if it didn't come out on PS3. That Marine is a tank! Must have a loaded die for his saving throw.

Clearly draws a lot of inspiration from Gears of War although the very melee-led action actually seems closer to something like Devil May Cry. The combat system looks a bit clumsy and too heavily reliant on scripted sequences to me, though with these things it's always hard to tell until you get your hands on them. The odds are against them though - most games of this type fail on that point.

There's some promise though - certainly by the standards of other 40k action games, although that's not saying much. Oh, and the word 'cinemaction' needs to go to the same flamey place of death as 'staycation'. Grr.

One thing it's not doing though is a PC version, and Dunn gives the impression that in the same way THQ didn't feel Dawn of War was a good enough fit for console to warrant a port, it doesn't see Space Marine as a game fit for PC. "It's like, if God of War was on the PC, what kind of an experience would that be?" says Dunn. "And I think it's our idea that it wouldn't be the ideal experience. You could probably make it work, but it's not where the beat is and where the strength of the platform is, so instead of washing the game out so it's appropriate for multiple platforms, it's about building the game to the specific platforms that we want."